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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

First Round Capital’s forum for portfolio executives is a powerful example of a scaleable resource. Coinvestors need to figure out ways to prioritize themselves in a VC’s preference stack for syndicating opportunities. – Syndicate Special Purpose Vehicles (“SPVs”) for specific opportunities.

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How to Leverage Micro VC Funds to Build an Angel Portfolio

This is going to be BIG.

Having a better overall portfolio of venture capital by adding funds into the mix. By being in a pool of other fund investors, the LP meetings and co-investment calls could be an opportunity to connect with other like-minded or like-situationed investors—but again, it depends on how a fund organizes its community.

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How VCs Structure a Syndicate and Recruit Coinvestors

David Teten

When I meet with other VCs, family offices, and other institutional investors, the most common question I get is: “What are the highest-potential companies in your portfolio which are raising now?” Although EquityZen is primarily an online marketplace for secondary shares in private companies, they also offer syndicated primary investments.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

I’ve primarily seen quantitative analytic techniques used in origination , filtering , and in portfolio company recruiting , but technology can be used throughout the nine steps of the private company investing process: The 9 Steps of the Private Company Investing Process. 8) Accelerate portfolio company value. 9% (1 / 12).

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Coinvestors: Flexible VC terms have not been standardized, which may make the investment harder to syndicate. Short track record.

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Will Seed Funds Be Multigenerational?

Hunter Walker

They become platforms and the goal/need to look more like a multistage fund plays out in their portfolio model – 20% ownership targets, entering at A round instead of just seed. When they’re done will we have a replacement class of seed firms that (a) stay small and focused, (b) lead rounds, and (c) are institutional LP backed?

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Final Close: The Story Behind NextView's Own Fundraise ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

We recently completed the final close of NextView Ventures, LP and we’re excited about both our progress to date and our plans for the future. Our portfolio has grown to 15 companies today, the bulk of which is on the US East Coast and roughly half the companies have already progressed from the seed stage to completing Series A rounds.

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